A genuinely funny & original novel about mental illness growing up & parental breakdown from much-loved comedienne Jo Br&. Alice is five & convinced she needs five personalities to cope. Her family tucked in a cottage in deepest Herefordshire are a bit weird. Her mother Gina is obsessed with the weatherman on the local news & when she climbs naked onto the roof with Alices pet guinea pig in her arms she is whisked off to the local psychiatric hospital. Keith Alices father tries to keep calm but his patience is severely tested by his in-laws. The only thing that gives Alices hope is her love for Morrissey of The Smiths...